Harvest Lane Cottage

 I read Michael's Gentle Wife slowly and savored it. Within a chapter or two, I felt like I was visiting dear friends when I opened the pages. The Weavers live just outside a little town called Appleton. Friends and neighbors play a central part in their lives as does the church. They live in Blackberry Inn which they run with a widow named Emma who is the perfect grandma figure for the three young children. Guests come and go and add to the storyline. Chapter after chapter we witness a family who truly loves the LORD and is seeking to serve him and honor him. It was a calming, relaxing read. The scenes brought back happy memories of my youth. The way the gospel and discipleship were woven in gave meaning and purpose to the novel. Supper was be a bit late tonight. I just had to keep reading! I just finished the last page. Mrs. Andreola left me laughing and happy.  I highly recommend this true love novel. Be blessed! Laura P.S. Mr. and Mrs. Andreola are the couple who brought C...

  Hello Dear Reader!     Have you been enjoying these last weeks of summer? I have. Three of my four children, now grown up, have birthdays in August and September. I also have a grandchild who recently turned one. We celebrated Sunday. We had homemade chicken and dumplings . It's what I call a heritage meal. Both my husband and I grew up eating it, though our moms made it a little differently. Over the years, we've compromised and made it our own. We ate it a lot when my kids were little. It was a way to feed a lot of mouths for not much money. We made it with a family package of chicken thighs this time. It's really good with leg quarters or a whole chicken as well.       I gave each of the kids hand knit socks and homemade strawberry jam . Both gifts are always received with enthusiasm. I have a box in my closet in which I am collecting gift items that I've made or found at a good price. Some will be for family, some for friends, some will be ...

Hello everyone! It's the third of June and high time I made my bucket list! I'm going to print this out and put it on my refrigerator so that I see it daily. I'll be back with updates. Please share your bucket lists with me, too. You may have an idea that I haven't thought of yet! Here we go! ♥   Write my summer bucket list  ♥  Write my summer reading list ♥  Spend lots of time with my daughter and grandbaby  ♥  Knit little socks for my grandson ♥   BBQs ~ 1 so far ♥   Knit socks for #summersockcamp2024 ♥ Knit soap bags for the rescue mission ~ 1 finished Sew a new skirt before school starts Take in the elastic on a couple of skirts Catch up my mending. Three dresses done, one pair of socks Swedish darned, and two shirts tossed. They were too worn out.  Sew ten project bags ~ 2 sewn Picnic in the park ♥   Day trip to northwest Arkansas ♥  Celtic Ladies and Irish Tenors show in Branson Drive in movie ♥  One City Market yarn shop...